Corps of Discovery - Katy Trail - Gore, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 42.228 W 091° 18.351
15S E 647313 N 4285269
Actually 1 1/4 miles east of Gore on the Katy trail. This is across the river from a camp site, and where the Detachment Orders were given.
Waymark Code: WMJWGE
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/07/2014
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County of site: Warren County
Location of site: On Katy Trail State Park, 1¼ miles SE of former town of Gore
To see the detachment orders and who had to do what, please see photo in galley that lists the responsibilities
DETACHMENT ORDERS:
" Captains Lewis and Clark signed detachment orders on May 26, detailing the organization and duties of all the men on the expedition. The three Sergeants, Charles Floyd, John Ordway and Nathaniel Pryor, stationed on the keelboat, were put in charge of the three eight-man messes. The men in these messes and their Sergeants formed the elite Corps of Discovery that was destined to journey to the Pacific and back. The crew of the two pirogues would pilot the keelboat back to St. Louis the following spring, bringing with them the first reports and scientific specimens of the expedition to be delivered to President Thomas Jefferson."
"The Sergeants rotated day to day from the keelboat's helm to center to bow, and took responsibility for many important tasks such steering, checking baggage, managing the sails, calling rests, reporting landmarks, watching out for river hazards, other boats and Indians, and overseeing guard duties at camp. The Captains relieved the Sergeants from daily camp duties such as cooking and pitching tents, and instructed them to keep daily journals. The French engages, or boatmen, were also required to do regular guard duty along with the privates. George Drouillard and the heads of the two pirogues were exempt from guard duty because of their many other responsibilities. " - Missouri Department of Natural Resources